Netflix has unzipped the first teaser for its absurdist war story, War Machine. Brad Pitt stars in the David Michôd-directed satirical comedy that the streaming giant acquired in 2015. In what was considered a game-changer for the company at the time, Netflix made its then-biggest investment in a feature (around $30M) and for the first time was able to nab a package with one of the world’s biggest A-list movie stars: Pitt as hot-shot General Glenn McMahon. Global release is now set for May 26, suggesting a Cannes world premiere could be afoot.

The pic is inspired by the book The Operators: The Wild & Terrifying Inside Story Of America’s War In Afghanistan by the late journalist Michael Hastings. It recreates a U.S. General’s roller-coaster rise and fall at the intersection of reality and savage parody as the line between them shifts, particularly in today’s real world. The story is an exploration of a born leader’s ultra-confident march right into the dark heart of folly. Pitt plays the charismatic four-star general who leapt in like a rock star to command NATO forces in Afghanistan, only to be taken down by a journalist’s no-holds-barred exposé. The character was patterned after real-life General Stanley McChrystal.